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Cities on the Plains: Divinity and Diversity
Char Roone Miller
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Description for Cities on the Plains: Divinity and Diversity
Hardcover. This book simultaneously explores the contemporary utilizations of gods in political theory and the significance of cities to the ways we understand what it is to be human. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAM2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Theological concepts continue to maintain political concepts well after those theological concepts are no longer supported by belief. Cities on the Plains examines some of these concepts in the light of five different times and places. It is both a response to theological concerns in contemporary political theory and broadly accessible examination of familiar political issues touched by the divine - such as gay marriage, 911, or the French tradition of laicité. Concerns of difference and the divine are pursued through broadly familiar texts (the Bible, and Gore Vidal), significant texts of political theory (Plato and Augustine), and less common ... Read more
Theological concepts continue to maintain political concepts well after those theological concepts are no longer supported by belief. Cities on the Plains examines some of these concepts in the light of five different times and places. It is both a response to theological concerns in contemporary political theory and broadly accessible examination of familiar political issues touched by the divine - such as gay marriage, 911, or the French tradition of laicité. Concerns of difference and the divine are pursued through broadly familiar texts (the Bible, and Gore Vidal), significant texts of political theory (Plato and Augustine), and less common ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
195
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230613553
SKU
V9780230613553
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99-15
About Char Roone Miller
CHAR ROONE MILLER is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public and International Affairs of George Mason University, USA.
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